Yeah I was thinking some dregs would be good. I’ve never done it before, is there a good ballpark number of bottles for a 15 gal batch?
the more the merrier, but 2 or 3 bottles would be good.
how i add dregs:
1) put bottle(s) in fridge for several days, so that everything settles out. the longer the better.
2) pour out some portion of the beer to drink. do so in one motion/one pour, don't kick up the dregs by tilting to pour, turning upright, then tilting again. you can pour out up to 90% of the beer leaving just a little at the bottom, or you can pour out less. hell, you could not drink any and dump the entire beer in.
3) some folks put some alcohol on the opening and flame it, to sterilize... personally, i don't.
4) swirl up the dregs and dump into carboy/barrel/etc.
5) i like to rinse out the bottle and get every last cell in there. i either use cooled boiled water, or use a thief to grab some beer from the carboy/barrel/etc. put the rinse liquid in the bottle, swirl, dump.
6) wish your bugs godspeed, seal up that bad girl and wait.